Flat-car.



PATBNTBD Mmm, 1907..

lPLAT GAR..

UNITED sTATEs SATEN@ I() THEonoRE woZNEY, oF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN]FLAT-CAR no. 847,716. i

To t/Z whom it may conperm Be it known that I, TIIEoDoRE WozNEY, a'

citi/en of the, United States, residin at Mil waukee, in -the county ofMil'wau ee and State of Wisconsin, haveinventedga new and usefulImprovement inFlat-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to iat-cars,.and

more particularly to motor-operated` dump`4 ing-cars, the objectbeing toprovide a car with very simple and effective means for tiltin the.la'tform in either direction desired.

VAnot er objectof my invention is to provide means for locking theplatform on the truckso as t prevent all danger of the platform ,tiltingaccidentally.

The invention consists .in certain details of construction hereinafterfully described, and

ointed out in the claims.`

In theI drawings formin a part of this speci- 'catiom Figure 1 is la sie elevational view of the car. Fig. Z'is a top plan view of the car.Fig. 3 a transverse sectional viewlof the car. Fig. 4 is-a detailperspective view, partly in section, of the side sill of thecar.

Ig. 5 is a detail transverse Ysectional view of the side'sills.

between which rollers H beams F are'l arranged on the angled plates D,rovidednwith spaced brackets on their un er side, 1n carrying arms H,provided with forked ends Gear-wheefs I, provided with bifurcatedcollars I', are loosely mountedv on theshafts Gand mesh withworm-gears'J, formed on a crank-shaft J, mounted in journals J2 on theframe E. y

Grooved collars K, are keyed ontothe sha ts G adjacent the geen wheels Iand-ae adapted to be thrown into engagement with the collars G byllevers L, pivoted on the frame E, having their. ends connected toarodvL, running longitudinally Specification of Letters Patent. l iduplication filed Api-i127, 196- Serial No. 314,030.

which shafts G are j0urnaled are mounted.'-

provided with lugs K Patented March 19,- 19107.

of the car adjacent each side sill. A cylinder M 1s mounted on the',vframe E, provided with a pitman-rod M', connected to the crankshaft J,and is adapted to be connected to:

the enigne by a steam-pipe.

provided -with notches B4, in which forked apertured lugs N are secured,adapted to receive the turned-down apertured ends O' The side sills Band angle-plates 4D vare f of the cross-bars O, carrying the platform?and which are securely locked therein by y pins. 'The cross-bars Oare'arranged over Vthe arms II and are adapted to be engaged by therollers I-I when the shaft G is oscillatedb the cylinder through thepitman-rod,l

e'ar-'w eel, and worrmgear and tilt the platcrm. It is ofcourseunderstood that the side of the platform to be raised is released byremoving the pins out of the lugs and bars and thatY the clutch isthrown into engage-4 ment with theshaft on'thesameside -A chain Q,`provided -With jaws Q', is-secured to each end'of the car and isadapted to grip the truck and prevent the car from being turned overwhen unloading.

Havinv thus fully described my invention,

what I claim asnew, and desire tosecure by l 4 1.In a' flat-car,theccmbination withalV platform, of means for pivoting said platform toeither side of the car, arms pivoted under said platform and meansconnected to said arms for throwing the arms into engagement with saidpl atform,

2.\-11`a Hat-car, cross-bar' carrying a platform,

pivoting said bars to said car,

of means for arms plvoted under saidplatforni and ,means connected tosaid arm for throwing them Into engagement with said cross-bars, for thepurpose described.

'3,In a'flat-car, the combination with side sills,- of-cross-barsarranged on said sills carry ing a platform, means for pivoting saidunder.

cross-barsto said sills, arms arranged l said platform. and means forthrowing said arms into engagement with said cross-bars, for the purposedescribed.

4. Ina flat-car, the combination with a detachable'platform, of meansfor pivoting said platform to said car, shafts arranged under saidplatform provided with arms, gear- Wheels mounted on said shafts, acrank-shaft provided.Y with. wormgears, meshing said gear-wheels, and anengine connectedto said crank-shaft, for the purpose described.

the combination with a l5. In a flat-ear, the Combination with a iplatform, of rneans connected to said plat.- form, for pivoting saidplatform to either side j of the ear, shafts arranged under saidplatform provided with arms, and means carried l by said cnr 'forthrowing said arrn into engage g ment 'with said platform, for thepurpose 'described a f` 6. In e flat-eer, the combination with a. lplatform adapted to he pivoted to either side l of saidbmr, of shaftsarranged under said plat form provided with arms carry ing rollers et itheir e'nds, gear-wheels loosely mounted on i said shafts, a -erank-isha'lt pnavided with l worm-gears meshing with said gear-wheels, anengine connected to said shaft, and means for looking said gear-wheelsto said shaft, f or i the purpose described. g

7. In a. flat-ear, the combination with the side sills, provided withbifureated lugs, of n. l

platform Carried by er( :ss-bars provided with turned-down apertnredends, ineens for piv oting said ends in snid lugs, arms pivoted un dersaid .platft-rnn and means connected to 'said arms, lor throwing theminto engagement with said platform, for the purpose described. l

53. ln a. lstcar, the combination with side sills having noehes formedtherein, of forked lugs secured in said. noelies, 0rossbars nro videdwith turneddown sgertnred ends adapted to be pivr.talljmnennted in saidlugs, e platform carried hy seid ero ssso ars, `arms urrnngec'lundersaid platform and Ineens for throwing said arms into engagement with`said cross-liars, for the purpt'zse described.

" 'IHEODURE WOZN EY, W'itnesses:

Fin-mers J. Benen/inni', FRANK KRYRIAK.

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